Meridian Index

Second Anniversary Meeting

Our second Anniversary Meeting was held on Wednesday 12  October 2005 at the library in Swavesey Village College. Here Richard Hart our Chairperson thanked everyone for taking the time to attend this meeting, he then went on to give a detailed report on the progress of Your Library over the second year of operation and outline the review of services being undertaken, (we hope to report on this in the next issue of the Meridian).
In addition were heard short reports from the treasurer, secretary and volunteers organizer. Following this all existing committee members were returned for the forthcoming year.

Remember, if we don't have that favorite book or author in stock then we will certainly be able to order it for you from one of the other Cambridgeshire Libraries, (children and non fiction requests are free, adult fiction only 60p)

A very big thanks must go out to everyone, the Admin committee, Volunteers, SVC and the users of Your Library, for all their hard work in making this village facility a success.

Once the official proceedings were over, Jenny Knight, a freelance copy editor, gave us a very informative and interesting talk about her work, which can involve writing missing text, rewriting the incomprehensible, tidying up for the pernickety and restructuring text for the disorganized. Her knowledge of the English language was mind blowing and she certainly put us all to shame in her ten quotes test. I am sure she would take me to task over my English in this article! Many thanks Jenny, a most interesting talk.

Congratulations to all those children who completed the children's reading challenge. "The Reading Voyage”, they have now received their certificate and medallion.

One question we are continually asked is "what sort of books do you stock”? Well the short answer is, "whatever you want us to stock1'

At the moment we have a great selection of children's story books, probably in the region of 300 - 400, running from board and picture books for pre school children to young adult, including animal, mystery,, magic and fun stories.

For adult, we stock both fiction and ­non-fiction, probably in excess of 1500 books.

General fiction includes Crime, Adventure, Romance, Fantasy, some available in large print Non-fiction includes a number of interesting biographies, travel guides, encyclopedias, reference guides and medical dictionaries.

In addition to all the above, we have a wide range of local history books containing some fascinating facts and stories about Swavesey and the surrounding Fens, including a section on the Second World War. Many of which you will not be able to glean off the internet!

So as you can see it's well worth popping in today to see what we have to offer.

In addition to books, we provide

Access to the Internet on 2 dedicated Internet computers

A variety of CD ROMS - (children's games & encyclopaedias) for use on our CD ROM computer

Local study information files - (just what you need to complete your homework)

Numerous leaflets and adverts on local events

Second hand books for sale

Copies of local planning issues, (for example, the Northstowe and South Cambs development plans)

Operating out of the Common Room within Swavesey Village College.

Donations of good quality children's, Teenager's and adult books and would be most welcome for inclusion in Your Library or for sale, to generate funds to cover running costs, (Contact Richard on 202707 or drop them in while visiting Your Library)